Makinen in huge crash@ 05:03 PM - Tommi Makinen clipped a wall in SS5 and the car tipped onto its roof. He retired. Risto Mannisenmaki has been airlifted to Ajaccio hospital for precautionary checks. Tommi Makinen is OK. The stage was cancelled completely and the overnight classification will be after stage 4.

Sainz out@ 09:57 AM - Carlos Sainz has retired from the Tour de Corse after hitting a rock, damaging the oil sump and losing oil.

Burns off the road@ 09:34 AM - Richard Burns left the road during SS2 but regained it to finish the stage 1m31.3s behind the Peugeot of Gilles Panizzi. Colin McRae also lost more than a minute to the stage winner.

Bugalski and Arai out@ 09:32 AM - Citroen's Philippe Bugalski and Subaru's Toshi Arai both went off the road on SS1 of the Tour de Corse and retired.

Corsica weather check@ 11:53 AM - Yes, you know that the weather is going to be important in Corsica - if it rains, the result might not be so predictable. Check out the latest Ajaccio weather on wrc-online's weather check page